The Alchemist.
by Ben Jonson
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.
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The Catholic University of America Speech and Drama department presents Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist," directed by Leo Brady. Performances coached by Dr. Josephine McGarry Callan. Setting and lighting by James Waring. Costumes designed by Joseph Lewis.
University Theatre, Oct. 31 - Nov. 15, 1952.
Title devised by Library staff.
Cast: Frances Sternhagen, Otto Kvapil, Dick Sykes, William Cain, Joseph Plummer, Terrence Spencer, Tino Bellanca, John Toland, Ed Torrance, Carl Lippold, Dixie Jan Greene, Bob Waters, Jeanne Davis, Michael Murray, Roger Meersman, Mary Ann Steckbeck, Dermot Grice, Anthony Del Signore.
In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
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